Monday, September 20, 2010

When you walk over the Uji Bridge at Naigū (inner shrine) of Ise Jingū, the Sando path

turns towards the right. Instead of going on the Sando main path, if you go straightforward from the bridge, there is another path that takes you to Koyasu Jinjya (the land god of Naigū) and Ooyamatsumi Jinjya (the father god of the land god of Naigū).

The enshrined god’s name of Koyasu Jinjya is Konohanasakuya-hime-no-mikoto (木花咲耶姫命.) The father god that is enshrined in Ooyamatsumi Jinjya is a guardian god of Mt.Kamiji, the mountain and the forest area of upper Isuzu River. I have introduced a photo of this god’s appearance in my recent photo book. My psychic sense tells me that Ooyamatsumi is Susanoo. And Konohanasakuya-hime-no-mikoto is Susanoo’s daughter. This means that Naigū stands on the ground that is Susanoo’sdaughter’s land. And Susanoo is standing right behind the main shrine in a form of a mountain.

There is an interesting legend about this. Konohanasakuya-hime-no-mikoto was the wife of the grandson (Ninigi) of Amaterasu-Ohomikami, the Sun Goddess. Konohanasakuya-hime-no-mikoto also had an older sister called Iwanaga-hime who looked like a rock and not so pretty.

Ninigi falls in love with the younger and beautiful sister, Konohanasakuya-hime-no-mikoto and asks her father Ooyamatsumi (Susanoo) if he could take her as his bride. Susanoo feels bad for the older sister and tells Ninigi to marry both of them. However, Ninigi refuses to take the older sister and just marry the beautiful Konohanasakuya-hime-no-mikoto. Susanoo was furious and said, “He shall a have a short life for only taking the beautiful one as his wife. ” This is how eternal youth and immortality was broken. This is how we humans started to become mortal and experience death.

When Konohanasakuya-hime-no-mikoto got pregnant, her older sister Iwanaga-hime became very sad. She said, “If Ninigi the son of the sun goddess had taken me as his wife, I would have brought out a child who is like a rock like my name and he would have had an eternal life. But instead he had chosen my sister. Like her name, the child will have a short life as ephemeral as the flowers.”

This was the beginning of a self-centered mind. The more egoistic the human’s became the more short living they had become. There is another story about the pregnancy of Konohanasakuya-hime-no-mikoto. After they got married, on the first night she became pregnant. Ninigi became suspicious and told her that it was not his child and that she must have had an affair prior to their marriage. In order to prove her innocence, Konohanasakuya-hime-no-mikoto sets fire in a small shack and gave birth to three children in the fire. If she wasn’t innocent she would have burnt to death.

Since this legend was told, people started to worship Konohanasakuya-hime-no-mikoto as the god of birth and safe delivery.

Even she knew that her children would have ephemeral lives, she still wanted to give life to them. This came from her strong motherhood, having hopes and not giving up. There is a teaching in this story that we humans should never give up and have hopes for a better future.

At Koyasu Jinjya where Konohanasakuya-hime-no-mikoto is worshipped, many parents donate torii gates in hopes for their children. There were wishes written on the torii poles. (as shown on the photo in my book, personal wishes would create such odd atmosphere) This was just like what you would see at an Inari Jinjya. I was shocked. And asked the lady at the store. “How long has been this been going on? “ She said, “maybe this past five or six years.” It shows that we have been experiencing a very difficult time. Parents are really worried about their children. They have no idea how they can help and come here to cry on Kami’s shoulder. But in truth, it is always better to send gratitude rather than asking for help. The energy of gratitude would bring much more power to help your children and your family.

Ikashite-itadaite arigato-gozaimasu

Thank you for letting us live

I would like to spread the Gratitude Awareness towards ancestral spirits and everything around us so 5% of the world population will start acting on it on a daily basis.

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Gratitude Awareness 5%

About this blog

This blog introduces advanced spirituality to the world through the eyes of the Worlds of Gods of Japan, the essence of Nippon (Japan), that literally means the sun's origin.

We have entered a big shift since 2012 winter solstice. The main purpose of this blog is to raise people's awareness of the "sense of gratitude to the ancestral spirits and everything around you" so that 5% of the world population will start acting on it on a daily basis in order to help save Earth and all lives.

This weblog is an English translation of a Japanese weblog(http://blog.goo.ne.jp/isehakusandou) started in May 2007, ranking top in the field of Spirituality in Japan for more than seven years . Today, twenty books has been published in a book form in Japan from seven different publishers.

Please read from the beginning. Most important articles were updated in July,2008.

About the writer

"I have been feeling the other worlds or dimensions from birth. I am seeking a path to awaken humanity."

"My purpose is to spread the kotodama (vibrational energy of words) of "Ikashite-itadaite Arigato-gozaimasu" (Thank you for giving us life ). This is the Key to open the door to the Right Path."

"When 5% of the world's population start to say this daily whenever it is felt to say it or whenever the sun is felt, then the mass consciousness will automatically pick-up the same idea, and start to send gratitude to the god they believe in. This will reach to the ultimate god - The Root. When this happens, the condition of Earth(that is now in crisis) will change."

On the blog, the writer calls himself Ise-Hakusun-Do Ry-man.

Ry-man is an abbreviation for "salary man". (In Japan, "business man" is called "salary man.")

Ise-Hakusun-Do means, the path between Ise and Mt.Haku, Japan. (The writer claims, this is the most important location on Earth at this time )

Ry-man is the most prominent psychic in Japan. He recieved a divine revelation from a Kami

suggesting the "Awareness to send Gratitude to one's ancestoral spirits and everything around you". The fact that he is a businessman, employed full time and due to his divine missions, his name or presence cannot be revealed to the public.